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Al-Qaeda, Free Syrian Army join forces in huge Hama counter-offensive
[ALMASDARNEWS] On Monday, the Syrian al-Qaeda branch and a couple Free Syrian Army... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) factions gathered all available fighters for a major joint counter-offensive in the northeastern countryside of Hama. Targeting a rural area just north of the M42 Highway that was captured by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in recent weeks, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS/Al-Qaeda) and the FSA’s Jaish al-Nasr and Central Division managed to retake the towns of al-Baleel and Umm Turaykiyeh in the afternoon, reportedly using a chemical substance to kick off the offensive. In the evening hours, jihadist forces also overran the neighboring village of Umm Khazaym. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... a SAA military source told al-Masdar News moments ago that opposition claims of any further gains were false. Pictures of the counter-offensive show jihadists gathering for the attack and posing for pictures in the newly captured area. A couple of the photos, published online by the FSA and HTS respectively, even show the exact same fighters, indicating that the groups are operating shoulder-to-shoulder on the battlefield Posted by: Fred 2017-11-07 |
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